Publications
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Digital Transformation of the Design, Construction and Management Processes of the Built Environment
(2020)
This open access book focuses on the development of methods, interoperable and integrated ICT tools, and survey techniques for optimal management of the building process. The construction sector is facing an increasing ...
Pflege-Report 2018
(2018)
Qualität in der Pflege: Stärken, Schwächen, Perspektiven Der Pflege-Report, der in Buchform und als Open-Access-Publikation erscheint, nimmt jährlich relevante Themen der Versorgung von Pflegebedürftigen unter die Lupe. ...
Lewis Fry Richardson: His Intellectual Legacy and Influence in the Social Sciences
(2020)
This is an open access book. Lewis F Richardson (1981-1953), a physicist by training, was a pioneer in meteorology and peace research and remains a towering presence in both fields. This edited volume reviews his work and ...
Cost and Revenue Overruns of the Olympic Games 2000–2018
(2019)
In this open access book the cost and revenue overruns of Olympic Games from Sydney 2000 to PyeongChang 2018 from eight years before the Games to Games‐time are investigated to provide a base for future host cities. The ...
Teaching and Learning of Calculus
(2016)
Mathematics Education; Learning & Instruction
Introduction to Permanent Plug and Abandonment of Wells
(2020)
This open access book offers a timely guide to challenges and current practices to permanently plug and abandon hydrocarbon wells. With a focus on offshore North Sea, it analyzes the process of plug and abandonment of ...
Buruli Ulcer
(2019)
A major objective of this open access book is to summarize the current status of Buruli Ulcer (BU) research for the first time. It will identify gaps in our knowledge, stimulate research and support control of the disease ...
Student Misconceptions and Errors in Physics and Mathematics
(2020)
This open access report explores the nature and extent of students’ misconceptions and misunderstandings related to core concepts in physics and mathematics and physics across grades four, eight and 12. Twenty years of ...
Sequence Analysis and Related Approaches
(2018)
This open access book provides innovative methods and original applications of sequence analysis (SA) and related methods for analysing longitudinal data describing life trajectories such as professional careers, family ...
The Technological and Economic Future of Nuclear Power
(2019)
This open access book discusses the eroding economics of nuclear power for electricity generation as well as technical, legal, and political acceptance issues. The use of nuclear power for electricity generation is still ...
Finite Difference Computing with Exponential Decay Models
(2016)
Computational Science and Engineering; software Engineering; Programming Techniques
Participatory Research and Planning in Practice
(2020)
This open access book provides in-depth insights into participatory research and planning by presenting practical examples of its use. In particular, it describes theoretical and methodological aspects of participatory ...
The Great Mindshift: How a New Economic Paradigm and Sustainability Transformations go Hand in Hand
(2016)
sustainable development; sociology; environmental economics
High-Performance Modelling and Simulation for Big Data Applications
(2019)
This open access book was prepared as a Final Publication of the COST Action IC1406 “High-Performance Modelling and Simulation for Big Data Applications (cHiPSet)“ project. Long considered important pillars of the scientific ...
The European Landing Obligation
(2019)
This open access book provides a comprehensive examination of the European Landing Obligation policy from many relevant perspectives. It includes evaluations of its impacts at economical, socio-cultural, ecological and ...
Vermin, Victims and Disease
(2019)
This open access book provides the first critical history of the controversy over whether to cull wild badgers to control the spread of bovine tuberculosis (bTB) in British cattle. This question has plagued several ...
P5 eHealth: An Agenda for the Health Technologies of the Future
(2020)
This open access volume focuses on the development of a P5 eHealth, or better, a methodological resource for developing the health technologies of the future, based on patients’ personal characteristics and needs as the ...
The Places Where Community Is Practiced
(2019)
In this open access publication, the social cohesion of urban neighborhoods and their residents is examined, which is often viewed as vulnerable since increased mobility, individualization, wider socio-economic and demographic ...
Flexitranstore
(2020)
This open access book comprises 10 high-level papers on research and innovation within the Flexitranstore Project that were presented at the FLEXITRANSTORE special session organized as part of the 21st International Symposium ...
Buildings for Education
(2020)
This open access book presents theoretical and practical research relating to the vast, publicly financed program for the construction of new schools and the reorganization of existing educational buildings in Italy. This ...
Target Suitability and the Crime Drop
(2015)
This is a chapter from The Criminal Act: The Role and Influence of Routine Activity Theory edited by Martin A. Andresen and Graham Farrell. This chapter is available open access under a CC BY license. Target suitability ...
Ethics and Civil Drones: European Policies and Proposals for the Industry
(2018)
Codes of conduct; European policies; Civil drones; Safety and security; Creative industry
Illustrated Pollen Terminology
(2018)
This open access book offers a fully illustrated compendium of glossary terms and basic principles in the field of palynology, making it an indispensable tool for all palynologists. It is a revised and extended edition of ...
Building the Foundation: Whole Numbers in the Primary Grades: The 23rd ICMI Study
(2018)
mathematics teaching and learning in the primary school; whole number arithmetic; 23rd ICMI Study; international perspectives on primary math education; social-cultural diversity of early mathematics teaching; ...
Ethnic Identity, Social Mobility and the Role of Soulmates
(2018)
Based on a study among higher-educated adult children of lower-class Turkish and Moroccan immigrants in the Netherlands, this open access book explores processes of identification among social climbers with ethnic minority ...
Pathways and Consequences of Legal Irregularity
(2019)
This open access book provides a unique study of the complexities and consequences of irregular legal status of Senegalese migrants in Europe. It employs sophisticated quantitative methods to analyze unique life-history ...
Leading in a VUCA World
(2019)
This open access book brings together works by specialists from different disciplines and continents to reflect on the nexus between leadership, spirituality and discernment, particularly with regard to a world that is ...
Pharmacovigilance in the European Union
(2017)
Comparative Politics; Political Economy; European Union Politics; Drug Safety and Pharmacovigilance
Understanding the Bigger Energy Picture: DESERTEC and Beyond
(2017)
climate change; renewable energy; sustainable development; water; water-energy-carbon nexus
Evolutionary Genomics
(2019)
This open access book addresses the challenge of analyzing and understanding the evolutionary dynamics of complex biological systems at the genomic level, and elaborates on some promising strategies that would bring us ...
Advances in Wheat Genetics: From Genome to Field
(2016)
plant genetics; plant genomics; agriculture
European Variations as a Key to Cooperation
(2020)
This Open Access book offers a novel view on the benefits of a lasting variation between the member states in the EU. In order to bring together thirty very different European states and their citizens, the EU will have ...
Industry 4.0 for SMEs
(2020)
This open access book explores the concept of Industry 4.0, which presents a considerable challenge for the production and service sectors. While digitization initiatives are usually integrated into the central corporate ...
Contemporary Perspectives on Ageism
(2018)
Older adults outnumbering children; Gerontology/geriatrics; Aging world population; The study of ageism; Ageism is the most prevalent form of discrimination
Foundations of Trusted Autonomy
(2018)
Trusted Autonomy; Automation Technology; Autonomous Systems; Self-Governance; Trusted Autonomous Systems; Design of Algorithms and Methodologies
Reading Breath in Literature
(2019)
This open access book presents five different approaches to reading breath in literature, in response to texts from a range of historical, geographical and cultural environments. Breath, for all its ubiquity in literary ...
Agricultural Implications of the Fukushima Nuclear Accident (III)
(2019)
This open access book presents the findings from on-site research into radioactive cesium contamination in various agricultural systems affected by the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant accident in March 2011. This ...
Development, Sexual Cultural Practices and HIV/AIDS in Africa
(2019)
This open access book introduces the theoretical frameworks and academic debates concerning sexual cultural practices and HIV/AIDS in Africa. It shows how these frameworks have been applied in a practical sense in Africa ...
Youthquake 2017
(2019)
Political science; Great Britain—Politics and government; Elections; Democracy; Comparative politics; Social groups; Family
Soziale Netzwerke und gesundheitliche Ungleichheiten
(2020)
In diesem Buch wird die Perspektive der soziologischen, psychologischen und gesundheitswissenschaftlichen Netzwerkforschung für die Erklärung des Zusammenhangs zwischen sozialen und gesundheitlichen Ungleichheiten fokussiert. ...