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Religiöse Rituale und soziale Ordnung
(2020)
In diesem Open-Access-Buch wird die Bedeutung von religiösen Ritualen für die soziale Ordnung systematisch untersucht. Dazu werden Konzepte des Zusammenhangs von Ritualen mit verschiedenen Ebenen des Sozialen erarbeitet: ...
Gestaltung sozialer Versorgung
(2019)
Dieses Open-Access-Buch erläutert ein Handlungsmodell zur Gestaltung sozialer Versorgung. Das Modell beinhaltet 16 Gestaltungsaufgaben, die sich an den wesentlichen Planungs- und Steuerungsaufgaben sozialer Versorgung und ...
Uses of Technology in Upper Secondary Mathematics Education
(2017)
Mathematics Education; Educational Technology; Teaching and Teacher Education
Bioeconomy: Shaping the Transition to a Sustainable, Biobased Economy
(2018)
Sustainability; Biomass Management; Resource Management; Agriculture; Macroeconomics
Differential Undercounts in the U.S. Census
(2019)
This open access book describes the differences in US census coverage, also referred to as “differential undercount”, by showing which groups have the highest net undercounts and which groups have the greatest undercount ...
Compositionality and Concepts in Linguistics and Psychology
(2017)
cognitive science; semantics; language
Community-Oriented Policing and Technological Innovations
(2018)
Community-Oriented Policing; Police Studies; Policing and Technology; Predictive Policing; Policing Innovations; Crime Prevention and Intervention; Crime Detection; Fear of Crime; Urban Security
Semantic Systems. The Power of AI and Knowledge Graphs
(2019)
This open access book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 15th International Conference on Semantic Systems, SEMANTiCS 2019, held in Karlsruhe, Germany, in September 2019. The 20 full papers and 8 short papers ...
Planar Maps, Random Walks and Circle Packing
(2020)
This open access book focuses on the interplay between random walks on planar maps and Koebe’s circle packing theorem. Further topics covered include electric networks, the He–Schramm theorem on infinite circle packings, ...
Finite Difference Computing with PDEs: A Modern Software Approach
(2017)
finite difference methods; programming; python; verification; numerical methods; differential equations
Forecasting and Assessing Risk of Individual Electricity Peaks
(2020)
The overarching aim of this open access book is to present self-contained theory and algorithms for investigation and prediction of electric demand peaks. A cross-section of popular demand forecasting algorithms from ...
VR Technologies in Cultural Heritage
(2019)
This open access book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the First International Conference on VR Technologies in Cultural Heritage, VRTCH 2018, held in Brasov, Romania in May 2018. The 13 revised full papers along ...
Diversity and Inclusion in Global Higher Education
(2020)
This open access book offers pioneering insights and practical methods for promoting diversity and inclusion in higher education classrooms and curricula. It highlights the growing importance of international education ...
The Entrepreneurial Society
(2019)
This open access book builds on the European Union’s (EU) Horizon 2020 project ‘Financial and Institutional Reforms for an Entrepreneurial Society’ (FIRES). The authors outline how Europe can move towards more inclusive, ...
Hardy Inequalities on Homogeneous Groups
(2019)
This open access book provides an extensive treatment of Hardy inequalities and closely related topics from the point of view of Folland and Stein's homogeneous (Lie) groups. The place where Hardy inequalities and homogeneous ...
Biodiversity of Angola
(2019)
This open access multi-authored book presents a 'state of the science' synthesis of knowledge on the biodiversity of Angola, based on sources in peer-reviewed journals, in books and where appropriate, unpublished official ...
Inorganic Constituents in Soil
(2018)
This open access book is a must-read for students of and beginners in soil science. In a well-organized and easy-to-follow manner, it provides basic outlines of soil minerals, new methods and recent developments in the ...
Pflegeroboter
(2018)
Dieses Open-Access-Buch bündelt technische, wirtschaftliche, medizinische und ethische Reflexionen über Pflegeroboter. Pflegeroboter, im Moment noch mehrheitlich Prototypen, unterstützen oder ersetzen menschliche Pflegekräfte ...
Informatics in the Future: Proceedings of the 11th European Computer Science Summit (ECSS 2015), Vienna, October 2015
(2017)
Big data; Computing ethics; Women in computing; Research ethics
Hot Property
(2019)
This open access book discusses booming housing markets in cities around the globe, and the resulting challenges for policymakers and central banks. Cities are booming everywhere, leading to a growing demand for urban ...
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 ...
Autonome Shuttlebusse im ÖPNV
(2020)
Automatisiertes Fahren wird aktuell auf allen Ebenen diskutiert. Dieses Open Access Buch greift das Thema aus Sicht des ÖPNV auf und stellt Chancen und Risiken des Einsatzes automatisierter Shuttlebusse im Nahverkehr dar. ...
Gender Innovation and Migration in Switzerland
(2019)
This open access book analyses migration and its relation to socio-political transformation in Switzerland. It addresses how migration has made new forms of life possible and shows how this process generated gender innovation ...
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 ...
Handbook of Vascular Biometrics
(2020)
This open access handbook provides the first comprehensive overview of biometrics exploiting the shape of human blood vessels for biometric recognition, i.e. vascular biometrics, including finger vein recognition, hand/palm ...
The Interconnected Arctic — UArctic Congress 2016
(2017)
climate change; Arctic; vulnerability; environment; marine and terrestrial polar landscapes; indigenous knowledge; tourism
Transnational Entrepreneurship in South East Asia
(2020)
This open access book brings together narratives of inbound and outbound expatriate entrepreneurship in Japan to provide a comprehensive overview of international entrepreneurship in the region. Through in-depth interviews ...
Social Inequality, Childhood and the Media
(2019)
This open access book presents a qualitative longitudinal panel-study on child and adolescent socialisation in socially disadvantaged families. The study traces how children and their parents make sense of media within the ...
IMPROVE - Innovative Modelling Approaches for Production Systems to Raise Validatable Efficiency
(2018)
This open access work presents selected results from the European research and innovation project IMPROVE which yielded novel data-based solutions to enhance machine reliability and efficiency in the fields of simulation ...
Social Dynamics in Swiss Society
(2018)
Using longitudinal data from the Swiss Household Panel to zoom in on continuity and change in the life course, this open access book describes how the lives of the Swiss population have changed in terms of health, family ...
Open and Distance Education in Asia, Africa and the Middle East
(2019)
This book is open access under a CC BY 4.0 license. This book describes the history, structure and institutions of open and distance education in six countries: China, India, Russia, Turkey, South Africa and South Korea. ...
Cold Micro Metal Forming
(2020)
This open access book contains the research report of the Collaborative Research Center “Micro Cold Forming” (SFB 747) of the University of Bremen, Germany. The topical research focus lies on new methods and processes for ...
Indigenous Pathways, Transitions and Participation in Higher Education: From Policy to Practice
(2017)
Higher education; international and comparative education; educational policy and politics
Between Mobility and Migration
(2018)
This open access book offers a critical perspective on intra-European mobility and migration by using new empirical data and theoretical discussions. It develops a theoretical and empirical analysis of the consequences of ...
Indigenous Knowledge and Education in Africa
(2019)
This open access book presents a strong philosophical, theoretical and practical argument for the mainstreaming of indigenous knowledge in curricula development, and in teaching and learning across the African continent. ...
Autistic Community and the Neurodiversity Movement
(2020)
This open access book marks the first historical overview of the autism rights branch of the neurodiversity movement, describing the activities and rationales of key leaders in their own words since it organized into a ...
Has Latin American Inequality Changed Direction?: Looking Over the Long Run
(2017)
Development Economics; Economic Growth; Social Structure, Social Inequality; Political Economy; Latin American Culture
Child Protection in England, 1960–2000
(2018)
History; Social history; Great Britain—History; Europe—History—1492-; Social policy; Childhood; Adolescence
Well-being, Sustainability and Social Development
(2018)
This open access book examines more than two centuries of societal development using novel historical and statistical approaches. It applies the well-being monitor developed by Statistics Netherlands that has been endorsed ...
Affe und Affekt
(2020)
Diese Open-Access-Publikation mit dem Titel "Affe und Affekt" untersucht anhand populärwissenschaftlicher Forschungsmemoiren die Form und Funktion von Emotionen, Affekten und Gefühlen in der Feldforschung mit Affen – und ...