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Climate-Smart Food
(2019)
This open access book asks just how climate-smart our food really is. It follows an average day's worth of food and drink to see where it comes from, how far it travels, and the carbon price we all pay for it. From our ...
Script Effects as the Hidden Drive of the Mind, Cognition, and Culture
(2020)
This open access volume reveals the hidden power of the script we read in and how it shapes and drives our minds, ways of thinking, and cultures. Expanding on the Linguistic Relativity Hypothesis (i.e., the idea that ...
Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning in Health Care and Medical Sciences
(2024)
This open access book provides a detailed review of the latest methods and applications of artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) in medicine. With chapters focusing on enabling the reader to develop a ...
Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning in Health Care and Medical Sciences
(2024)
This open access book provides a detailed review of the latest methods and applications of artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) in medicine. With chapters focusing on enabling the reader to develop a ...
SIMPLE-G
(2025)
This is an open access book. Crafted for both the economist and the curious mind, this book introduces a novel approach to blending economic and biophysical sciences to enable multi-scale analysis of a range of sustainability ...
SIMPLE-G
(2025)
This is an open access book. Crafted for both the economist and the curious mind, this book introduces a novel approach to blending economic and biophysical sciences to enable multi-scale analysis of a range of sustainability ...
Transformationen gestalten
(2024)
Folgt man den aktuellen UNO-Berichten, steht die Welt an einem kritischen Scheidepunkt, der eine Transformation auf verschiedenen Ebenen verlangt. Dieses Open Access-Fachbuch zeigt in 13 Kapiteln im Sinne von aktuellen ...
Compartment Syndrome
(2019)
Compartment syndrome is a complex physiologic process with significant potential harm, and though an important clinical problem, the basic science and research surrounding this entity remains poorly understood. This unique ...
Research Ethics in Epidemics and Pandemics: A Casebook
(2024)
This open access casebook addresses complex and important ethical challenges arising when health-related research in conducted in the context of epidemics and pandemics. This book provides contextually-rich real-world case ...
Research Ethics in Epidemics and Pandemics: A Casebook
(2024)
This open access casebook addresses complex and important ethical challenges arising when health-related research in conducted in the context of epidemics and pandemics. This book provides contextually-rich real-world case ...
Foundations of Software Science and Computation Structures
(2024)
The two open access volumes LNCS 14574 and 14575 constitute the proceedings of the 27th International Conference on Foundations of Software Science and Computation Structures, FOSSACS 2024, which took place in Luxembourg ...
Die politische Ökonomie der „Überflüssigen“
(2024)
Jakob Graf wirft in diesem Open-Access-Buch die Frage auf, wie sozialökologische Konflikte am Rande der Weltwirtschaft soziologisch verstanden werden können. Dabei zeigt er, dass gerade in durch Rohstoffausbeutung ...
Die politische Ökonomie der „Überflüssigen“
(2024)
Jakob Graf wirft in diesem Open-Access-Buch die Frage auf, wie sozialökologische Konflikte am Rande der Weltwirtschaft soziologisch verstanden werden können. Dabei zeigt er, dass gerade in durch Rohstoffausbeutung ...
Environmental Humanities in India
(2025)
This open access book offers an introduction to the field of the environmental humanities in India. The environmental humanities, often referred to as ‘EH’, are a multifaceted, relatively new, and swiftly evolving field ...
Environmental Humanities in India
(2025)
This open access book offers an introduction to the field of the environmental humanities in India. The environmental humanities, often referred to as ‘EH’, are a multifaceted, relatively new, and swiftly evolving field ...
Indigenous Life Projects and Extractivism
(2019)
Exploring indigenous life projects in encounters with extractivism, the present open access volume discusses how current turbulences actualise questions of indigeneity, difference and ontological dynamics in the Andes and ...
AVENUE21. Politische und planerische Aspekte der automatisierten Mobilität
(2021)
Gegenstand dieser Open Access Publikation sind die Auswirkungen automatisierter und vernetzter Fahrzeuge auf die Europäische Stadt sowie die Voraussetzungen, unter denen diese Technologie einen positiven Beitrag zur ...
AVENUE21. Politische und planerische Aspekte der automatisierten Mobilität
(2021)
Gegenstand dieser Open Access Publikation sind die Auswirkungen automatisierter und vernetzter Fahrzeuge auf die Europäische Stadt sowie die Voraussetzungen, unter denen diese Technologie einen positiven Beitrag zur ...
Periphery and Small Ones Matter
(2022)
This open access book analyzes the dualism and inequality insofar as how it is manifested in interregional disparity and small enterprises. Using the case of Indonesia, the author considers how the general direction of ...
Periphery and Small Ones Matter
(2022)
This open access book analyzes the dualism and inequality insofar as how it is manifested in interregional disparity and small enterprises. Using the case of Indonesia, the author considers how the general direction of ...
Corporate Diplomacy: How Multinational Corporations Gain Organizational Legitimacy
(2022)
This Open-Access book investigates corporate diplomacy as a legitimation strategy of multinational companies in the United Arab Emirates. The author applies a neo-institutional public relations perspective, according to ...
Managing Risk and Information Security: Protect to Enable (First Edition)
(2013)
Computer science
Managing Risk and Information Security: Protect to Enable (First Edition)
(2013)
Computer science
Purpose-driven Organizations
(2019)
A higher purpose is not simply about profit. Symbolising the motivations of our actions and efforts, it reflects something much more aspirational and contributes to our global society. This open access book offers novel ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
Der deutschsprachige Nachkriegsroman und die Tradition des unzuverlässigen Erzählens
(2021)
Dieser im Open Access erscheinende Band nimmt eine bislang kaum beachtete Tendenz der Nachkriegsepik in den Blick:„Ich bin nicht Stiller!“ heißt es in Max Frischs Roman gleich zu Beginn des ersten Teils, der den Titel ...
Der deutschsprachige Nachkriegsroman und die Tradition des unzuverlässigen Erzählens
(2021)
Dieser im Open Access erscheinende Band nimmt eine bislang kaum beachtete Tendenz der Nachkriegsepik in den Blick:„Ich bin nicht Stiller!“ heißt es in Max Frischs Roman gleich zu Beginn des ersten Teils, der den Titel ...
Strengthening European Mobility Policy
(2024)
This open access book showcases innovative collaborations between the Social Sciences and Humanities (SSH) and Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) disciplines to benefit European mobility policy. Each ...
Strengthening European Mobility Policy
(2024)
This open access book showcases innovative collaborations between the Social Sciences and Humanities (SSH) and Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) disciplines to benefit European mobility policy. Each ...
Evidence-Based School Development in Changing Demographic Contexts
(2022)
This Open Access book features a school development model (Arizona Initiative for Leadership Development and Research – AZiLDR) that offers a roadmap for schools to navigate the complexities of continuous school development. ...
Indigenous Life Projects and Extractivism
(2019)
Exploring indigenous life projects in encounters with extractivism, the present open access volume discusses how current turbulences actualise questions of indigeneity, difference and ontological dynamics in the Andes and ...
History and Speculative Fiction
(2024)
This open access book demonstrates that despite different epistemological starting points, history and speculative fiction perform similar work in “making the strange familiar” and “making the familiar strange” by taking ...
History and Speculative Fiction
(2024)
This open access book demonstrates that despite different epistemological starting points, history and speculative fiction perform similar work in “making the strange familiar” and “making the familiar strange” by taking ...
Im Brennpunkt der Wirtschaftspolitik
(2024)
Dieser Open-Access-Sammelband zeigt, wie innovative Forschung und Lehre in der Volkswirtschaftslehre zu einer besseren Gesellschaft beitragen können. Eine Wirtschaftspolitik mit Ziel und Plan sollte auf rigorosem theoretischem ...
Chapter 10 Indigenous Networks and Evangelical Frontiers: Problems with Governance and Ethics in Cases of ‘Voluntary Isolation’ in Contemporary Amazonia
(2017)
The periodic emergence of indigenous peoples living in voluntary isolation in Amazonia have given rise to sensational media reports and heated academic
debate. In this chapter we describe briefly the historical and ...
Chapter 10 Indigenous Networks and Evangelical Frontiers: Problems with Governance and Ethics in Cases of ‘Voluntary Isolation’ in Contemporary Amazonia
(2017)
The periodic emergence of indigenous peoples living in voluntary isolation in Amazonia have given rise to sensational media reports and heated academic
debate. In this chapter we describe briefly the historical and ...
IEA International Computer and Information Literacy Study 2018 Assessment Framework
(2019)
This open access book presents the assessment framework for IEA’s International Computer an Information Literacy Study (ICILS) 2018, which is designed to assess how well students are prepared for study, work and life in a ...
IEA International Computer and Information Literacy Study 2018 Assessment Framework
(2019)
This open access book presents the assessment framework for IEA’s International Computer an Information Literacy Study (ICILS) 2018, which is designed to assess how well students are prepared for study, work and life in a ...
Disability Practice
(2024)
This open access book critically engages with the social, political and ethical implications of support for people with disability to be fully included in society. The authors examine contemporary issues of quality and ...
Disability Practice
(2024)
This open access book critically engages with the social, political and ethical implications of support for people with disability to be fully included in society. The authors examine contemporary issues of quality and ...
Sanctorius Sanctorius and the Origins of Health Measurement
(2023)
This open access book offers new insights into the Venetian physician Sanctorius Sanctorius (1561–1636) and into the origins of quantification in medicine. At the turn of the seventeenth century, Sanctorius developed ...
Sanctorius Sanctorius and the Origins of Health Measurement
(2023)
This open access book offers new insights into the Venetian physician Sanctorius Sanctorius (1561–1636) and into the origins of quantification in medicine. At the turn of the seventeenth century, Sanctorius developed ...
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 ...
Der weite Weg zum Bürgergeld
(2024)
Der Open-Access Band diskutiert das neue Bürgergeld in seiner sozialpolitischen Geschichte und Bedeutung. Das seit 2023 in Deutschland geltende „Bürgergeld“ sollte die unbeliebte Sozialleistung „Hartz 4“ ablösen, zugleich ...
Kompetenzen von Mitarbeitenden in der digitalisierten Arbeitswelt
(2023)
Dieses Fachbuch betrachtet aus einer anwendungsorientierten Perspektive aktuelle und zukünftig nötigte Kompetenzen von Mitarbeitenden im Hinblick auf die fortschreitend digitalisierte Arbeitswelt. Es bietet ausgewählte ...
Kompetenzen von Mitarbeitenden in der digitalisierten Arbeitswelt
(2023)
Dieses Fachbuch betrachtet aus einer anwendungsorientierten Perspektive aktuelle und zukünftig nötigte Kompetenzen von Mitarbeitenden im Hinblick auf die fortschreitend digitalisierte Arbeitswelt. Es bietet ausgewählte ...
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 ...
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 ...
Urban and Regional Cooperation and Development
(2023)
This is an open access book. This book, first of all, introduces the new unveiled Guangdong-Macao Intensive Cooperation Zone with details as a special mode of the regional collaborative development that is committed to be ...
Urban and Regional Cooperation and Development
(2023)
This is an open access book. This book, first of all, introduces the new unveiled Guangdong-Macao Intensive Cooperation Zone with details as a special mode of the regional collaborative development that is committed to be ...
Policing the Favelas of Rio de Janeiro
(2024)
This book offers a unique look into the world of policing and the frontline of Brazil’s war on drugs. It analyzes the tensions produced by attempts to modernize Rio de Janeiro’s public security policies. Since the return ...
Geld, Generation und Ungleichheit
(2024)
Das vorliegende Open-Access-Buch analysiert finanzielle Transfers zwischen Erwachsenen und ihren Eltern, die zur Reproduktion von Ungleichheiten auf der Makroebene beitragen. Soziale Ungleichheiten in der Kindergeneration ...
Geld, Generation und Ungleichheit
(2024)
Das vorliegende Open-Access-Buch analysiert finanzielle Transfers zwischen Erwachsenen und ihren Eltern, die zur Reproduktion von Ungleichheiten auf der Makroebene beitragen. Soziale Ungleichheiten in der Kindergeneration ...
Lines of Inquiry in Mathematical Modelling Research in Education
(2019)
This open access book is based on selected presentations from Topic Study Group 21: Mathematical Applications and Modelling in the Teaching and Learning of Mathematics at the 13th International Congress on Mathematical ...
Lines of Inquiry in Mathematical Modelling Research in Education
(2019)
This open access book is based on selected presentations from Topic Study Group 21: Mathematical Applications and Modelling in the Teaching and Learning of Mathematics at the 13th International Congress on Mathematical ...
International Yearbook of Soil Law and Policy 2022
(2024)
This open access book presents an important discussion on the interface between sustainable soil management and climate mitigation and adaptation. It investigates a variety of aspects in this context, such as the political ...
International Yearbook of Soil Law and Policy 2022
(2024)
This open access book presents an important discussion on the interface between sustainable soil management and climate mitigation and adaptation. It investigates a variety of aspects in this context, such as the political ...
Romanian Management Theory and Practice
(2025)
This open access book provides the current research on the features of Romanian management theory and practices. It explores Romania’s position in the global supply chain; Romanian firm’s contributions to the new global ...
Romanian Management Theory and Practice
(2025)
This open access book provides the current research on the features of Romanian management theory and practices. It explores Romania’s position in the global supply chain; Romanian firm’s contributions to the new global ...
Community Energy and Sustainable Energy Transitions
(2024)
This open access book engages with the difficulties of delivering community energy in practice, building on practical experiences in Ethiopia, Malawi, and Mozambique. In these countries, where many people lack access to ...
Community Energy and Sustainable Energy Transitions
(2024)
This open access book engages with the difficulties of delivering community energy in practice, building on practical experiences in Ethiopia, Malawi, and Mozambique. In these countries, where many people lack access to ...
Automated Deduction – CADE 28
(2021)
This open access book constitutes the proceeding of the 28th International Conference on Automated Deduction, CADE 28, held virtually in July 2021. The 29 full papers and 7 system descriptions presented together with 2 ...
Automated Deduction – CADE 28
(2021)
This open access book constitutes the proceeding of the 28th International Conference on Automated Deduction, CADE 28, held virtually in July 2021. The 29 full papers and 7 system descriptions presented together with 2 ...
Speciesism in Biology and Culture
(2022)
This open access book explores a wide-ranging discussion about the sociopolitical, cultural, and scientific ramifications of speciesism and world views that derive from it. In this light, it integrates subjects across the ...
Speciesism in Biology and Culture
(2022)
This open access book explores a wide-ranging discussion about the sociopolitical, cultural, and scientific ramifications of speciesism and world views that derive from it. In this light, it integrates subjects across the ...
Digital Health and Wireless Solutions
(2024)
This two-volume set constitutes the refereed proceedings of the First Nordic Conference on , Digital Health and Wireless Solutions, NCDHWS 2024, held in Oulu, Finland, during May 7–8, 2024. The 51 full papers included in ...
Digital Health and Wireless Solutions
(2024)
This two-volume set constitutes the refereed proceedings of the First Nordic Conference on , Digital Health and Wireless Solutions, NCDHWS 2024, held in Oulu, Finland, during May 7–8, 2024. The 51 full papers included in ...
International Experience in Developing the Financial Resources of Universities
(2021)
This open access book aims to present the experiences and visions of several world university leaders, providing strategies and methods used to find various income sources for their institutions. The expansion of a university ...
International Experience in Developing the Financial Resources of Universities
(2021)
This open access book aims to present the experiences and visions of several world university leaders, providing strategies and methods used to find various income sources for their institutions. The expansion of a university ...
Ethics, Integrity and Policymaking
(2022)
This Open Access book provides illustrative case studies that explore various research and innovation topics that raise challenges requiring ethical reflection and careful policymaking responses. The cases highlight diverse ...
Ethics, Integrity and Policymaking
(2022)
This Open Access book provides illustrative case studies that explore various research and innovation topics that raise challenges requiring ethical reflection and careful policymaking responses. The cases highlight diverse ...
Chapter Bibliography
(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 ...
Chapter Bibliography
(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 ...
Artificial Intelligence in Manufacturing
(2024)
This open access book presents a rich set of innovative solutions for artificial intelligence (AI) in manufacturing. The various chapters of the book provide a broad coverage of AI systems for state of the art flexible ...
Artificial Intelligence in Manufacturing
(2024)
This open access book presents a rich set of innovative solutions for artificial intelligence (AI) in manufacturing. The various chapters of the book provide a broad coverage of AI systems for state of the art flexible ...
Transformations of European Welfare States and Social Rights
(2024)
This open access edited book investigates European social rights in practice from socio-legal perspectives. It brings together fourteen socio-legal scholars, representing Nordic and Western European countries, who analyse ...
Transformations of European Welfare States and Social Rights
(2024)
This open access edited book investigates European social rights in practice from socio-legal perspectives. It brings together fourteen socio-legal scholars, representing Nordic and Western European countries, who analyse ...
Data Privacy and Crowdsourcing
(2023)
This open access book describes the most important legal sources and principles of data privacy and data protection in China, Germany and the United States. The authors collected privacy statements from more than 400 ...
Data Privacy and Crowdsourcing
(2023)
This open access book describes the most important legal sources and principles of data privacy and data protection in China, Germany and the United States. The authors collected privacy statements from more than 400 ...
Prevention and Treatment of Atherosclerosis
(2022)
This open access book is supported by the European Atherosclerosis Society Association (EAS). This follow-up edition of the well-received Handbook volume 'Atherosclerosis: Diet and Drugs' reflects the state-of-the-art and ...
Prevention and Treatment of Atherosclerosis
(2022)
This open access book is supported by the European Atherosclerosis Society Association (EAS). This follow-up edition of the well-received Handbook volume 'Atherosclerosis: Diet and Drugs' reflects the state-of-the-art and ...
Forest Entomology and Pathology
(2023)
This open access book will provide an introduction to forest entomology, the principles and techniques of forest insect pest management, the different forest insect guilds/feeding groups, and relevant forest insect pest ...
Globalization in State Socialist East Central Europe
(2024)
This open access Palgrave Pivot explores four major aspects of globalization: foreign trade, capital and information flows, and the movement of people. The book examines how the state socialist countries of East Central ...
Techlash
(2020)
Technology has made human lives incomparably better. Civilization as we know it would utterly collapse without it. However, if not properly managed, technology can and will be systematically abused and misuse and thereby ...
Techlash
(2020)
Technology has made human lives incomparably better. Civilization as we know it would utterly collapse without it. However, if not properly managed, technology can and will be systematically abused and misuse and thereby ...
Fashion Communication in the Digital Age
(2023)
This is an open access book. FACTUM Conference proceedings are the output of one of the few academic events of its nature happening globally, researching fashion communication from different angles and perspectives. It ...
Fashion Communication in the Digital Age
(2023)
This is an open access book. FACTUM Conference proceedings are the output of one of the few academic events of its nature happening globally, researching fashion communication from different angles and perspectives. It ...
Annual Report on the Big Data of New Energy Vehicle in China (2023)
(2024)
This open access book, based on static indicators and dynamic big data from local electric vehicles, is the first research annual report on the Big Data of New Energy Vehicles (NEVs) in China. Using the real-time big data ...
Indigenous and Tribal Peoples and Cancer
(2024)
Although cancer survival has improved markedly in developed countries in recent decades, not all groups have benefited equally. In particular, Indigenous and Tribal peoples continue to have poorer cancer outcomes than their ...
Indigenous and Tribal Peoples and Cancer
(2024)
Although cancer survival has improved markedly in developed countries in recent decades, not all groups have benefited equally. In particular, Indigenous and Tribal peoples continue to have poorer cancer outcomes than their ...
Retirement Home? Ageing Migrant Workers in France and the Question of Return
(2018)
Aging migrants; Return and circulation migration; Migrant worker hostels in France; Social systems; Older North and West African men
Retirement Home? Ageing Migrant Workers in France and the Question of Return
(2018)
Aging migrants; Return and circulation migration; Migrant worker hostels in France; Social systems; Older North and West African men
Conservation of Contemporary Art
(2024)
This open access book investigates whether and how theoretical findings and insights in contemporary art conservation can be translated into the daily work practices of conservators or, vice versa, whether and how the ...
Conservation of Contemporary Art
(2024)
This open access book investigates whether and how theoretical findings and insights in contemporary art conservation can be translated into the daily work practices of conservators or, vice versa, whether and how the ...
Digital Transformation in Norwegian Enterprises
(2022)
This open access book presents a number of case studies on digital transformation in Norway, one of the fore-runners in the digital progress index established by the European Commission in 2020. They explore the process ...